Lesson 9
Expressing Intention
Goal: In this lesson you will learn how to express intention in Gujarati.
Read the following sentences:
1. hu& calvano
2u&.
‘I am to walk.’ (speaker is a male)
2. Ame / Aap8e
calvana 2IAe.
‘We are to walk.’ (speakers are
male)
3. tu& calvano 2e.
‘You are to walk.’ (listener is a
male)
4. tme calvana 2o.
‘You are to walk.’ (listeners are
male)
5. te calvano 2e.
‘He is to walk.’
6. teAo calvana 2e.
‘They are to walk.’ (persons
referred to are male)
7. hu& calvanI
2u&.
‘I am to walk.’ (speaker is female)
8. Ame / Aap8e
calvana& 2IAe.
‘We are to walk.’ (speakers are
female)
9. tu& calvanI 2e.
‘You are to walk.’ (listener is
female)
10. tme calvana&
2o.
‘You are to walk.’ (listeners are
female)
11. te calvanI 2e.
‘She is to walk.’
12. teAo calvana&
2e.
‘They are to walk’ (persons
referred to are female or female and male together)
13. 2okru&
calvanu& 2e.
‘The child is to walk.’
14. 2okra&
calvana& 2e.
‘The children are to walk.’
Remember:
To express intention use the verb with infinitive.
The infinitive must be followed by -n\-.
-n\- must followed by the gender and number markers that agree with the subject.
The infinitive -vu& changes to -va.
Making intentional sentences in past is easy. Follow the instructions given above and use the appropriate form of past progressive hto in place of present auxiliary 2u&. Examples:
1. hu& kerI `avano
hto.
‘I was to eat a mango.’ (speaker is
male)
2. Ame kerI `avana
hta.
‘We were to eat a mango.’ (speakers
are male)
3. te kerI `avanI htI.
‘She was to eat a mango.’
4. rme= kerI `avano
hto.
‘Ramesh was to eat a mango.’
5. lIla kerI `avanI
htI.
‘Lila was to eat a mango.’